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had achieved their goal and become immortal because you're talking about past efforts. I think the second paragraph should be in subjunctive, which is what you put in your suggested c...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-13T12:00:27Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T04:01:42Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
> > **had** achieved their goal and **become** immortal because you're talking about past efforts. I think the second paragraph should be in [subjunctive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_subjunctive), which is what you put in your suggested corrections. The narrator is positing a hypothetical future, not a real or hypothetical past.
#1: Imported from external source
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2015-02-05T14:40:44Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 1